Setra service d'Etudes techniques des routes et autoroutes november 2006 translate august 2007 Technical Guide Timber Bridges How to ensure their durability LiberteEgalinefratermite REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE ministere de I'Ecologie du Developpement et de I'Amenagement durables The Technical Department for Transport Roads and Bridges Engineering and Road Safety (Service d'etudes techniques des routes et autoroutes Setra)is a technical department within the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.Its field of activities is the road the transportation and the engineering structures. The Setra supports the public owner The Setra supplies State agencies and local munities (counties large cities and urban munities) with informations methodologies and tools suited to the specificities of the networks in order to: improve the projects quality; help with the asset management; define apply and evaluate the public policies; guarantee the coherence of the road network and state of the art; put forward the public interests in particular within the framework of European standardization; bring an expertise on plex projects The Setra producer of the state of the art Within a very lar...